Nyl Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 i bet this is old news but. wow, i'm off to learn tapping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 This made me cry (and die a little inside) I would like to see him try that on a fretless He probably could Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc2009 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Seems influenced by that George Smed guy that was doing the forum rounds when I was starting. Did Wonderful Tonight in that style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 (edited) I hate to be a killjoy but an average classical guitarist could do that on a guitar easy peasy. The guy's just making it more difficult for himself by playing it on a 4 string bass. What next? Is he going to try playing it on a unicycle while tightrope walking over the Niagra Falls. Impressive but ultimately pointless. I'm such a heartless bastard! Edited September 7, 2011 by gjones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc2009 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 [quote name='gjones' post='1364855' date='Sep 7 2011, 01:23 AM']I hate to be a killjoy but an average classical guitarist could do that on a guitar easy peasy. The guy's just making it more difficult for himself by playing it on a 4 string bass. What next? Is he going to try playing it on a unicycle while tightrope walking over the Niagra Falls. Impressive but ultimately pointless. I'm such a heartless bastard![/quote] No worries mate, I wasn't impressed by the technicality of it, I myself can play arguably more technical two handed tapping pieces, thing is, he wrote that, and IMO it sounds bloody good, not just the tone but the whole piece, that's what I was impressed with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkypenguin Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 He's good, but for me, the bass (unless you go well into the realms of ERBs) will always be trounced by the chapman stick when it comes to tapping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Wazoo Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 (edited) I loved the piece and the execution, although I appreciate the technique and of course the music, I am left wondering when does a bass stop being a bass i.e. playing low register driving harmony & rhythm and becomes something looking just like a bass but strung with thinner strings and sounding like a guitar played by Stanley Jordan who has been boring audiences worldwide with that very style for the last 20 years? Oh and if Stanley Jordan wasn't enough Michael Manring gave us a few years of the same wishy washy stuff before he returned to play proper bass. So its all Deja' Vu to me. Horses for courses and all that. Edited September 7, 2011 by Grand Wazoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 And the winner is; A purpose-built cross-handed tapping instrument that Joe Public doesn't even know exists and that the unknowing would mock until someone does what the guy in the YouTube clip did with it- The Chapman stick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Undead Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 I have to admit to not understanding what's funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyl Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 hit me with you Chapman stick... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimefred Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 I used to cringe at the thought of a Chapman Stick, just thought it was a really uber geeky thing to play. That guy playing on the video was really good. credit to the man. Now put it in a song..... lol (waiting to be hit with links to videos of songs with chapman sticks in now to prove me wrong) lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc2009 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 [quote name='longtimefred' post='1365505' date='Sep 7 2011, 05:36 PM']I used to cringe at the thought of a Chapman Stick, just thought it was a really uber geeky thing to play. That guy playing on the video was really good. credit to the man. Now put it in a song..... lol (waiting to be hit with links to videos of songs with chapman sticks in now to prove me wrong) lol.[/quote] There's a guy on here who used to play live bass for Cynic (I know, I was drooling with admiration), he used the Stick with them on occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingson Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 [quote name='gjones' post='1364855' date='Sep 7 2011, 01:23 AM']I hate to be a killjoy but an average classical guitarist could do that on a guitar easy peasy. The guy's just making it more difficult for himself by playing it on a 4 string bass. What next? Is he going to try playing it on a unicycle while tightrope walking over the Niagra Falls. Impressive but ultimately pointless.[/quote] For once I don't agree with this sentiment. For starters, he's written a fairly impressive song, regardless what you or I might think of it. I don't think it's fair to say that a classical guitar player would trounce his efforts because even if they replicated what he was doing with ease, he was the one who wrote the piece of music, ergo displaying a talent that transcends a simple technical exercise on a bass guitar. Furthermore I would say that if his comfort zone is the bass, then he should probably write music on it. It stands to reason really. Whilst it might seem a pointless endeavour for some, I think his music suits his instrument. I personally don't usually enjoy solo bass guitar and am hugely conservative when I think about the role of bass in music. However, I don't like to deny talent when I see it for the sake of trying to keep my views on bass sacred, and I happen to think this guy has talent. Check this vid out (again, not usually my thing, but very impressive and harmonically interesting): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Its just not a sound I find emotionally engaging. A beautifully bowed cello, a nylon guitar, a saxophone, bass clarinet. All sound lovely and, when played, are deep instruments, complex tonally and profoundly versatile in terms of putting emotion into a piece of music. These tapping extravaganzas always sound two deimentional to me, even the good ones (the Epic Love one here and the one by Kevin Glasgow elsewhere on here). At worst they sound like someone threw a plugged in bass down the stairs. They are generally very repetitive (four note patterns created using two fingers off each hand then the arpeggio is moved up a whole tone etc) and there is little vibrato, little dynamic range etc. Just party tricks, rudimentary compositions played using a trick that is as much a visual thing as it is musical - played on a piano, it would be a bit naff. And, for my money, [i]so[/i] not worth the time investment required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShergoldSnickers Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 I borrowed a Chapman Stick from a mate for a week. I got absolutely nowhere with it. I decided it would be best to take up piano first, then guitar, and then try again. Needless to say... I didn't bother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 I was impressed...I wish I could have played half as good as that when I was a whipper-snapper.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 [quote name='funkypenguin' post='1364859' date='Sep 7 2011, 01:48 AM']He's good, but for me, the bass (unless you go well into the realms of ERBs) will always be trounced by the chapman stick when it comes to tapping [/quote] It's very impressive to watch but the only place I envisage the tune is in a porno from the 80s. : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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